Shaakuntalam(2023)
Shakuntala, daughter of Meneka and Rishi Vishwamitra lives in forest with her teacher, Rishi Kanva. In the forest she meets King Dushyant, falls in love with him and the two get married. After she has their baby (Prince Bharata), Dushyant leaves her in the forest with a promise to come back for her soon. However, due to a sage's curse, Dushyant forgets all about Shakuntala, until destiny brings them together again.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon MX Player, Airtel Xstream Play
- Theatrical Release
- 14 April 2023
- Director
- Gunasekhar
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 2h 29m
- Rating
- 5.5/10
Storyline
A young woman named Shakuntala lives in the forest. She meets and marries a king named Dushyant, and they have a son. After he leaves, a curse makes the king forget her, but fate eventually reunites their family.
“A love forgotten by curse, remembered by destiny.”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Shaakuntalam
Cast reunions in this film: Prakash Raj & Mani Sharma (24 films together), Prakash Raj & Subbaraju (12 films together), Prakash Raj & Samantha Akkineni (7 films together), Prakash Raj & Gunasekhar (7 films together), Mani Sharma & Subbaraju (6 films together), and Sachin Khedekar & Jisshu Sengupta (4 films together).
Trivia
- The film was shot in multiple languages simultaneously, including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi.
- Director Gunasekhar had previously directed another mythological film, 'Rudhramadevi', which also starred Anushka Shetty.
- The movie's visual effects involved over 2,000 VFX shots, created by multiple studios over two years.
- It is based on Kalidasa's ancient Sanskrit play 'Abhijnanasakuntalam', but adapts it for a modern Telugu audience.
- The film faced significant delays in release, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and extensive post-production work.
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu was initially considered for the lead role before it went to Samantha Akkineni (now Samantha).
- The soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma, marking his first collaboration with director Gunasekhar in over a decade.